Transform Your Smartphone into a Surveillance Camera
The second generation of a security app transforms a smartphone or tablet into a video surveillance camera, which becomes a part of an existing...
Facial Recognition Technology Helps Law Enforcement
New York City has been employing facial recognition technology extensively. The technology has helped lead to the arrest of more than 4,000 people involved...
Call for Proposals for iHLS Security Accelerator 4th Cycle
Are you developing an innovative product? We can offer you added value in the security market as well.
At the iHLS Security Accelerator, we...
Biometric Eye-Scanning Tech Combats AI Fraud
A new biometric verification technology that uses eye-scanning hardware to verify human identity is rolling out across the United Kingdom this week. The system,...
Biometric Scanning Will Track Imposters at Border Checkpoints
The US government has implemented various measures to tighten border security, track visitors, and attempt to keep visitors with potential terrorist ties from entering...
Is AI Racist? Possibilities and implications
Racially biased artificial intelligence systems are not only misleading but can be detrimental and destroy people’s lives. A press release by University of Alberta...
The Dark Side of Facial Recognition Tech
Facial recognition technologies have become more and more popular in recent years. In this widespread trend, Amazon has emerged as a frontrunner in the...
Smart Cameras Boost Video Surveillance Market Growth
Differing somewhat from traditional security and closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, video surveillance cameras typically work in conjunction with security systems and are often internet-connected...
Unexpected Shift in Face Recognition Policy
The US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed it will not expand face recognition scans to U.S. citizens arriving and departing the country. Earlier,...
Two-Factor Authentication Is A Must!
With the world of security constantly changing and hackers adapting to those changes, nothing is perfect in terms of security. While two-factor authentication is...
Facial Recognition and Body Cam – Horizon of Law Enforcement
Police body cameras are rapidly being deployed in cities across the US, and we may be failing to fully consider the risks of pervasive...
Advanced Biometric Technology to Be Deployed Globally
Biometrics has quickly established itself as the most pertinent means of identifying and authenticating individuals in a reliable and fast way, through the use...
Partnership to Allow Real-Time Identification
While the debate continues in many countries regarding the privacy concerns of facial recognition technologies, new technology provides facial recognition system that has been...
Capitol Riots – How Are Facial Recognition Technologies Being Used?
US law enforcement agencies spearheaded by the FBI have been hunting for anyone involved in the riots on Capitol Hill, some using advanced digital...
Game-Changing Combination of Recognition Technologies
The recent “Yellow Vest” riots in Paris bring into mind the potential power of the combination of high-resolution digital video capture of protesters and...
New Technology will Prevent Fake Facial Identification
The advent of facial recognition technology carried with it the promise of great benefits, especially for law enforcement who use facial recognition to detect...
Several Biometric Technologies to be Merged to Improve Identification
The US biometric identification system is gaining momentum. The new Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) platform supports the Department of Homeland Security and its...
Singapore Establishes Smart Command Center Based on Facial Recognition
Singapore's law enforcers have teamed up with Japanese technology giant NEC to form a concept Smart Command Center, in an attempt to fight crime...
Your Next Opportunity! Apply to Security and HLS Startup Competiton
iHLS is delighted to host for the first time the prestigious Startup Competition for innovative technologies in the security, defense and homeland security fields,...
Genetic Databases and Law Enforcement Dilemma
It is already obvious that 2019 is the year of privacy - from security technologies designed to thwart personal information hacking to public critic,...
Tiny, Energy-Efficient Ring Offers a New Way to Control AR Devices
As augmented and virtual reality devices become more common, the search for better ways to control them—without relying on bulky peripherals or touchscreens—has become...
Tech Giants Push for Regulations With Facial Recognition Software
The computer tech giant, IBM, has been pushing the United States government to regulate facial recognition technology, instead of simply outright banning it from...
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